Obituary notices for Wessell Bodnar Kopczyk and Smailes
Area deaths include Eliza J. Wessell 92 Elyria funeral Thursday with visitation, surviving daughter Vera Sippel and family. Elizabeth Bodnar 74 Lorain dies after brief illness, longtime Bodnar Printing Co. owner with husband Louis. services Friday at St Michael’s Lorain with rosary and Panahida. Carmella Kopczyk Grafton obituary pending. Willard Smailes Wellington death listed with arrangements to be announced.
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Carmella Kopczyk
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Blackburn- Fulton Funeral Home
Willard Smailes
Wellington
Wellington Hospital
Norton Funeral Home
County accepts bid for PCBs removal
Elyria Lorain County commissioners accepted a low bid of 10 654 to remove PCBs from a substation transformer near the Lorain County jail. Retrotex of Canton won the award to extract and ship the PCBs, stored in barrels for hazardous waste disposal.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Murray Ridge Road
Virgil Muntean
Retrotex
Canton
Witness Testimony Details Removal Of Breathing Tube
Opening arguments describe Westerman’s presence during Schafer’s withdrawal from life support. Nurse Shirley Gray testified she saw Westerman leave the room and noted the breathing tube was no longer in Schafer’s throat. Schafer briefly breathed on his own before his wife refused surgery to reinsert the tube, and he died at 11:30 a.m.
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Whitney
Westerman
Schafer
Mr. Schafer
Fisher-Titus Hospital
Shirley Gray
Gray
Mary
Death Notices for Hamilton and Oebker in Elyrna Avon Elyria
Melvin Hamilton 72 of Elyna dies and is survived by wife Janne V daughters Michelle and Annie Frasier sons Michael Henry Erskin two sisters and one brother. Visitation Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 pm at Carter Funeral Home Elyna. Services Friday noon at the funeral home. Burial in Brookdale Cemetery Elyria. Caroline A Lena Oebker 85 of Avon survives two sons Norman F Oebker and William Poebker two brothers. Visitation Wednesday 7-9 pm and Thursday 7-9 am at Burmeister County Line Funeral Home Avon. Services Friday 1 pm at Faith Lutheran Church Garden and Lakeland Drives Avon. Burial in St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery Westlake. Eliza Wesell 92 of Elyna leaves daughter Vera Sippel and step-daughter Isabel Schmidt. Frends may call Wainwright Funeral Home Elyna Wednesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Services Thursday 1 am burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park Amherst.
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Eliza J. Wessell
Elyria
Wainwright
Jeffrey Cornwell
Philip
Vera) Sippel
Isabel Smith
Roen Leren
Leroy
John Scott
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Lorain
Hamilton Melvin
Elyna
Janne V
Michelle
Annie Frasier
Michael
Henry
Erskin
Carter Funeral Home
Bunal
Brookdale Cemetery
Oebker
Caroline A “Lena
Lamvermeyer
Avon
Norman Foebker
William Poebker
Burmeister County Line
Aim
Faith Lutheran Church
Garden and Lakeland Drives
St Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
Westlake
Vacant Lorain house used as home by three teens
Three Lorain teenagers, ages 17 and 16, were arrested after police found them inside a repossessed vacant Lorain house with a television set, video game, blankets, and clothing. They entered via a window and planned to live there. They face criminal trespass charges and were sent to juvenile aid.
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Lorain
Police Juvenile Aid Bureau
Elyria
Police and Fire Reports in Elyria Honor Queens Pageant
Elyria police and fire logs report a break in at Redeemer Lutheran Church with a broken window and an open door but no theft. A fire at 619 Bowling Green Circle caused smoke from a plugged fireplace, confined to the wood unit with no injuries. Five-year-old Stephanie Nicole Capasso of Elyria was named Queen of Queens at the National Veterans Memorial Pageant in Columbus, representing northeast Ohio, earning multiple crowns and trophies and a Bahamas cruise prize.
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Redeemer Lutheran Church
College Park Drive
Bowling Green Circle
Stephanie Nicole Capasso
Elyria
Columbus
U.S
Daugher
Larry
Karen Capasso
Stephanie
Ohio
Medel
Bahamas
USW update set in Pittsburgh over contract talks with USX
United Steelworkers Local 1104 officials are summoned to Pittsburgh for a Friday briefing on the 34 month USX contract talks. The lull in negotiations leaves 22 000 workers off the job and raises concerns of a potential escalation if no accord emerges soon.
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United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
USX Corp
Lorain
United Steelworkers Local 1104
al Pena
United Steelworkers of America
Pena
USX
David Roderick
Roderick
Williams
USW
Carlisle Trustees Reach Accord On Landfill Suit
Carlisle Township Trustees voted to accept a proposed settlement with contractor Lorne Elbert Jr over a landfill operation on Walker Road. The plan limits hours to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays, allows township inspections, provides a gate key, and requires paving Walker Road. If approved, Elbert has until Oct. 1, 1988 to comply. The board also bought 2.6 acres behind the fire station for 9,240 and approved travel funds for the Ohio Township Association conference in Columbus January 21–24, 1987.
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Carlisle
Lorne Elbert
Reach Accord
Carlisle Twp
Lorne Elbert Jr
Walker Road
Lorain County
John 8. Keressi
Elbert
Keressi
Ohio Township Association
Columbus
Grafton council approves McAlpin Court property purchase
Grafton Village Council on Tuesday night approved a resolution to buy the McAlpin Court building and land from Corrosion Engineering Inc for 90000 to support the new sewage treatment plant project. Funds come from the municipal sewer fund. The meeting also approved a 1500 drainage repair on Main Street and passed an ordinance adopting CABO building standards.
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Grafton
McAlpin Court
Corrosioneering Inc
Municipal Sewer Fund
Radios Stolen From Ford Plant Vehicles in Lorain
Radios disappeared Tuesday from seven new vehicles awaiting shipment at the Ford Motor Co plant in Lorain. A security supervisor reported thefts. police found a fence hole in a fenced storage lot north of West Erie Avenue.
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Lorain
Ford Motor Co
West Erie Avenue
Lorain Man Charged After Escape Attempt in Court
A 23 year old Lorain man tried to jump a courtroom railing while being led to a holding area after a hearing. He wrestled free, was tackled by two officers, eyeglasses damaged, no injuries. He faces escape resisting arrest destruction of property and two assault counts.
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Lorain
Oberlin College coed hurt in dormitory room
An Oberlin College coed was hurt Tuesday night in her North Hall dorm room at 8 10 p m. The door was unlocked during the incident and the student was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital where she was later released. A police report is expected later today and items were reported missing from the room. College officials ordered dorm entrances locked at 7 p m and called meetings of dorm directors and residents to discuss the action.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Jealous husband testifies in case against Michelle Dudukovich
Gregory Grunda described tension from Dudukovich and her continued relationship with another man. He testified that after discovering a contraceptive device and a confrontation on March 9, Dudukovich retrieved a pistol from the basement rafters and killed Michelle Dudukovich. Grunda urged that the act was spur of the moment, not aggravated murder, a voluntary manslaughter claim.
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Granda
Dudukovich
Grunda
Michelle Dudukovich
Elyria Workers Handle Asbestos Removal With Containment
In Elyria a removal area acts as a dirty room where workers change and an exhaust machine filters air before venting it outside. Air samples are taken periodically. bags with molded gloves seal asbestos sections, water suppresses fibers, and a glove inside the bag cuts material before sealing in fiber drums for EPA landfill disposal. Glenn Roderick, an asbestos worker, says he feels trained and not nervous about his health.
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Glenn Roderick
Elyria Catholic Plans Student Open House Night
Elyria Catholic invites prospective students to tour the campus during an open house on November 19 from 7 30 to 9 p m Information on extracurricular activities scheduling tuition and financial aid will be available during the event.
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Elyria
Elyria Catholic
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Betty” Bodnar
St. Joseph Hospital
Gardena
Calif
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John Kovach
St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Lorain House
Lynn Williams
Grafton Council Oks
Main Street
Tom Smith
CABO
Council of American Building Officials
Ford
Electrical Department
Water Department
Sohio
Carol Simonetti
Cleveland Foundation
Community Foundation
Greater Lorain County
Jeptha Carroll
Nordson Foundation
Carroll
Simonetti
Ohio State University
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland State Universty
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Lorain Man
Harvith
Lorain County Florists
George C. Hoover
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Physicians In Family Practice, Inc
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Curtis Scheuffler Funeral Home, Inc
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